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Still Life & Figural Work Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Still Life & Figural Work which concluded on August 15, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

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Artwork by Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, Lady Crocheting

LAWRENCE ARTHUR COLLEY PANTON
Lady Crocheting

oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the stretcher on the reverse; signed and titled on a label on the reverse
28.25 x 32 ins ( 71.8 x 81.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $18,000.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Nicholas de Grandmaison, Untitled (Longtime Squirrel)

NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON
Untitled (Longtime Squirrel)

oil on canvas
signed lower left
28.5 x 22.5 ins ( 72.4 x 57.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $12,000.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Samuel Borenstein, Wild Flowers

SAMUEL BORENSTEIN
Wild Flowers

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1958 upper left; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
24.25 x 20 ins ( 61.6 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $9,600.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Robert Harris, Portrait of a Young Boy

ROBERT HARRIS
Portrait of a Young Boy

oil on canvas laid down on board
signed lower left
12 x 10 ins ( 30.5 x 25.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $4,080.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Robert Harris, Portrait of Miss Kathleen Pyke, Montreal

ROBERT HARRIS
Portrait of Miss Kathleen Pyke, Montreal

oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated 1913 and inscribed “Painted in June 1913 by Robert Harris” on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,500.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,840.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Robert Tait McKenzie, Reclining Male

ROBERT TAIT MCKENZIE
Reclining Male

bronze
signed (incised), dated 1933 and inscribed “Priessmann Bauer & Co. Munich Bavaria” on the underside
6.5 x 11.75 x 11 ins ( 16.5 x 29.8 x 27.9 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Henri Hébert, Viscount Byng of Vimy

HENRI HÉBERT
Viscount Byng of Vimy

bronze
signed (incised), dated 1928 and inscribed “Hohwiller Fondeau, Paris” on the base
17 x 14 x 11 ins ( 43.2 x 35.6 x 27.9 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Barker Fairley, Woman in Yellow

BARKER FAIRLEY
Woman in Yellow

oil on masonite
signed in the upper corners; signed, titled, dated “1967 Jan. 3” and inscribed “Laddie Dennis” on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by William Raphael, Old Lady Spinning

WILLIAM RAPHAEL
Old Lady Spinning

oil on canvas
titled on two gallery and exhibition labels on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,500.00$2,000.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by André Charles Biéler, Sans titre

ANDRÉ CHARLES BIÉLER
Sans titre

oil on canvas
signed lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Marjorie (Jori) Smith, Jeune fille

MARJORIE (JORI) SMITH
Jeune fille

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1955 lower left; dated 1955 on an exhibition label on the reverse
23.75 x 12 ins ( 60.3 x 30.5 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,800.00$1,500.00 - $1,800.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by George Agnew Reid, Portrait of Dorothy

GEORGE AGNEW REID
Portrait of Dorothy

pastel
signed, titled and dated 1895 at the upper edge; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse; stamped and numbered “Jules Loeb Collection No. 116” on the reverse
8.5 x 6 ins ( 21.6 x 15.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Stanley Morel Cosgrove, Still Life

STANLEY MOREL COSGROVE
Still Life

oil on canvas board
signed lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Farquhar McGillivray Strachan Knowles, Woman with Torch

FARQUHAR MCGILLIVRAY STRACHAN KNOWLES
Woman with Torch

oil on board
signed and inscribed ‘Sketch’ lower left; titled to a label on the reverse
13.75 x 6 ins ( 34.9 x 15.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

Artwork by Christopher Allen Henry, Bedtime Stories

CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HENRY
Bedtime Stories

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1988 lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed “51988” on the reverse
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023

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Previous Auctions

Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.

Capture (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
Modern Forms (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
Works on Paper (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
The Academy (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
La belle province (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
Coast to Coast (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
En plein air (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
The Academy (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction): Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction): Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2): Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1): Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
Little Pictures (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
Prints & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
Art of Quebec (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
The Art of Europe (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1): Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2): Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
Art of Quebec (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
April Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
Select Canadian Prints (Online Auctions): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
Three Dimensions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
Canada & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Canadian Winter (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Books & Reference (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Holiday Charm (Online Auction): Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
Coast to Coast (Online Auction): Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2): Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1): Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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Canadian Group of Painters (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
October Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
Little Pictures (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
La belle province (Art of Quebec) (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
Cities & Towns (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
From the Estate of Robert Markle (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art: Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
April Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
Inuit and First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
Canada & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
Three Dimensions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
Post War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
Canadian Winter (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 1, 2022

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